Hughes probe yields little on Hughes contract
The Senate investigation into Howard Hughes and a 40 million dollar wartime contract for advanced aircraft was postponed until November after star witness Meyer could not be located. The panel aimed to show lavish entertainment influenced government approvals and alleged Roosevelt links, but findings remained inconclusive.
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Howard Hughes
Senate
Ferguson
Star Witness
Meyer
Hughes
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Roosevelts
Lilienthal
Brewster
Trans-World Air Lines
Pan-American Air Lines
Pan-American
Trans-World
Roosevelt
Center stripe on Highway 44 paving urged for safety
A letter notes Highway No. 44 south of Rolfe lacks the center black stripe despite last summer’s paving completion. The State Highway Commission reportedly halted center line painting, a safety factor crucial for nighttime guidance and avoiding collisions. The writer urges its restoration on all paving.
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Rolfe
State Highway Commission
Nation plans largest road building drive postwar
States announce a major road program to start as labor becomes available. Roads现在 will face high costs with postwar traffic growth likely, taxes to fund the build rising, and many super highways in early planning stages. Compulsory training debate focuses on necessity rather than desire, with wartime service-level obligation suggested if proven necessary.
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Webster City
Freeman-Journal
Davenport
Editors Debate Foreign Policy and Lawlessness Across States
A compilation of editorials discussing the Marshall Doctrine versus the Truman Doctrine as paths to counter communism, questions about enforcing laws, and calls to repeal the Iowa income tax. Also notes Dewey Taft politics and a light verse about heat across cities.
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Wallaces
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Germany
Europe
Russia
Health for All Arrested Not a TB Threat
The article explains that an arrested TB patient is not contagious after medical discharge and emphasizes public ignorance about TB. It urges employers to require periodic exams and chest x rays to detect unseen cases, noting recovered patients can work safely in many jobs. It ends with a call to buy a bond each month.
Pocahontas County Board Proceedings June 8 1947
Pocahontas County Iowa Board met in regular session with members Johnson Young Bush present. Appointed J A Rowat as engineer for Drainage District 14. approved bonds for Drainage District 157 contracts. set up benefit committee. offered to settle Oscar Butcher tax penalties for 212.85. audited and allowed numerous claims and salaries.
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Court House
Pocahontas
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Pocahontas County
G. C. Johnson
C. F. Young
J. M. Bush
Young
Bush
J. A. Rowat
Concrete Products Corporation
Cooper Construction Company
N. W. Pound Construction Company
C. A. Carlson
Messer Leith
Benefit Commission For
Oscar Butcher
Price Hikes and Protests in Sioux County Commentary
The letter mocks coal price rises linked to John L. Lewis and a welfare fund, predicts tank truck delivery instead of freight cars, and questions coal reliance. It also condemns university art spending as trivial, urging meaningful investments over paintings resembling delirium tremens.
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Sioux County
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Knoxville Express
University of Iowa
State University
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van Alstine
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Tes
Jay Viola McCartan
Insane
Joe Holub
Jess Ross
R.E.A
Pocahontas Creamery
Moorman Mfg. Co
Flys Streits
Farmer's Co-op
Atter
Spray
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Pauline Bentz
Fisher & Thornton
H. E. Girard
Peter P. Hanson
Kaplan Food Store
R. O. Wainwright
Thomas G. Herrick
Rolfe State Bank
Rolfe, Iowa
Webb’s Drug Store
Carl J. White
T. S. Clark
D. C
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Kelly Ryan
Kelly Ryan Equipment Co
Blair, Nebr
Olesen & Lampe
J. E. Hynds
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L. M. Graham Veterinarian
L. W. Feldman
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Jowa
R. B. Ranney
Jones Bidg
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Colonia Paesata
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